Res 2024-045 approving the 2024 City of San Marcos Hazards Mitigation Action Plan (“HMAP”)

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SECTION 2: PLANNING PROCESS implementing a Cooling Plan that evaluates the risks of excessive heat and pursues strategies to implement cooling stations. Finally, the 2018 State of Texas Hazard Mitigation Plan, developed by TDEM, was discussed in the initial planning meeting in order to develop a specific group of hazards to address in the planning effort. The 2018 State Plan was also used as a guidance document, along with FEMA materials, in the development of the City of San Marcos Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Update 2024. INCORPORATION OF NTO OTHER PLANNING MECHANISMS Planning Team members will integrate implementation of the Plan Update with other planning mechanisms for the City of San Marcos, such as the Emergency Operation Plan and future updates to the Vision SMTX Comprehensive Plan. This section discusses how the Plan will be implemented by the City of San Marcos. It also addresses how the Plan will be evaluated and improved over time, and how the public will continue to be involved in the hazard mitigation planning process. The City of San Marcos will be responsible for implementing hazard mitigation actions contained in Section 20. Each hazard mitigation action has been assigned to a specific City department that is responsible for tracking and implementing the action. A funding source has been listed for each identified hazard mitigation action and may be utilized to implement the action. An implementation time period has also been assigned to each hazard mitigation action as an incentive and to determine whether actions are implemented on a timely basis. The City of San Marcos will integrate hazard mitigation actions contained in the Plan Update with existing planning mechanisms such as floodplain ordinances, Emergency Operation Plans, Evacuation Plans, and other local and area planning efforts. The City of San Marcos will work closely with area organizations to coordinate implementation of hazard mitigation actions that benefit the planning area financially and economically. Upon formal adoption of the Plan Update, Planning Team members will review existing plans along with building codes to guide development and ensure that hazard mitigation actions are implemented. Each of the City departments will be responsible for coordinating periodic review of the Plan Update with members of the Advisory Planning Team to ensure integration of hazard mitigation strategies into these planning mechanisms and codes. The Planning Team will also conduct periodic reviews of various existing planning mechanisms and analyze the need for any revisions or updates in light of the approved Plan Update. The City of San Marcos will ensure that future long-term planning objectives will contribute to the goals of the Plan to reduce the long- term risk to life and property from moderate and high-risk hazards. Within one year of formal adoption of the Plan, existing planning mechanisms will be reviewed and analyzed as they pertain to the Plan Update. Planning Team members will review and revise, as necessary, the long-range goals and objectives in its strategic plan and budgets to ensure that they are consistent with the Plan Update. City of San Marcos I Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Update 2024 1 Page 9